St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-21
STRAY SUNBEAMS,

SIhAN SUNBEA MS.
An Old Citizen: There are some
things to be thankful for, not the least
of which is to see the iron rafters being
placed on the top of the court house
building. 1t looks as if this might be
the beginning of the end. 1t has been
a long time now since dirt was first
broken for that building.
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JACOB SHARP is clamoring to be tried
by his peers. New York is big city,
but as big as it is it would be difficult to
find twelve men within its limits who
are the peers of JACOB SHARP in man
ipulating Doodle aldermen. Chicago
could come nearer filling a jury box
with JACOB SHARP's peers than any
other city in this country.
The genial BILL NYE will probably
find out when it is too late that he made
a mistake when he deserted his vine
covered cottage on the Western prairies
to enter the field of Eastern journalism.
The Eastern people laughed at WILL
IAM's humor as long as he lived in the
far West. Now he will realize that dis
lance leads enchantment to the Ameri-
can humorist.
JOHN HOWARD PAYNE's old sweet
heart, Miss HELEN HARDEN, who
died at. her home in Athens, Ga,
the other day, was rs years old.
Miss HARDEN was engaged to
PAYNE while in her teens, but her
father objected to the union. The HAIR
DENs were wealthy and held high
social position, while the young poet
was poor, and then unknown to fame.
1t was genuine love affair between the
young people, but Miss HARDEN had
too much respect for her father to act
contrary to his wishes. She was obedi-
ent to her parent yet remained loyal in
her love to PAYNE up to the day of his
death.
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When PAYNE composed his famous
song, Home, Sweet Home" he dedi-
Gated it to Miss HARDEN, and sent her
the original manuscript of the poem, in
which were interlined the tenderest ex-
pressions of sentiment. Miss HARDEN
had repeatedly been offered large sums
of money for this manuscript, and,
although she was reduced to poverty
and had to work for a living after her
fathers death, she refused to part with
the precious relic of her dead love. At
her request the original manuscript of
Home, Sweet Home" was placed in
Ter coffin and buried With her.
The Baltimore Sun celebrated its semi
centennial anniversary last week. The
most notable feature connectedwiththe
celebration was that A. S. ABEL. the
proprietor, who was also the founder of
the paper, was presented with an address
from the city council of Baltimore con-
graduating him upon the event and
testifying to the career of public useful
ness achieved by his newspaper. Mr..
ABEI.L is the richest newspaper man in
the world, his wealth being estimated
at S20,000,000.
Mr.. ABELL commenced life as a rat
printer i'll country printing office.
When he established the Sun in Balti-
more fifty years ago it was a diminutive
sheet and was printed ON hand press.
In a conversation with the writer of
SUNBEAMs several years ago, Mr..
ABELL said that in the early career of
the Sun he worked at a case every night
until his paper was in form, then he
helped to run it off the press and super
intended the delivery and mail depart
ment. AT about O'clock in the morn
ing, after the paper was out, he would
stretch himself On an old batten door
which had been improvised into bed
and enjoy the sleep of the righteous.
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While Mr.. ABEI.L did not acquire all
of his great fortune out of his newspa-
per, still it was the foundation of it, and
is today one of the best, if not the very
best, paying newspaper Offices in the
country. MI. ABELL is now so years
Old. When at home he never fails to
visit the Sun Office once day. And
whether at home or abroad the first thing
he does in the morning is to look over
his own paper. Breakfast and morning
prayers are always postponed until the
Sun has been read.
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